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WD310

Record Id:

040-003287856

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003287852

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000055

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD310

Title:

Sketchbook of 18 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the U.P. 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)

Scope & Content:

18 drawings (20 folios) of landscapes and architecture in the U.P. 1813.

Inscribed on original cover:’ No. 5. Ganges, Soane R. Cawnpore Jaunpoor.’

Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil.

Captain Robert Smith was a military engineer with the East India Company and was in India from 1805 to 1833. He designed a number of buildings in India and also repaired various Indian monuments including the Kutb Minar and the Jami Masjid at Delhi. In 1813 to 1814 he was surveying on the Mirzapur South frontier.Situated on the Ganga River in Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur was most of the most important garrison towns under the British occupation of India. It is famous for the tragic events which occurred here during the Indian Uprising of 1857. A group of rebels attacked the 400 strong British community and subjected them to an 18 day siege. An apparent truce was offered by the leader of the insurgents, Nana Sahib and the remaining hostages were allowed to escape via a boat downriver only to be attacked and killed at the Satichaura Ghat before they could do so. There were ferocious reprisals as the British exacted their revenge for this atrocity.

f.2 ‘1.’ ‘Snowy Range, Muraudabad. Jany. 1813.’

f.3 ‘2.’ ‘Banyan Tree, Bareilly. Feby. 1813’.

f.4 ‘3.’ ‘Col. Grace's Bungalow. Cawnpore. Feby. 1813.’

f.5 ‘4.’ ‘Munikpore. Old Fort. Feby. 1813.’

f.6 5 ‘Currah below Munikpore. Feby. 1813.’

f.7 ‘6.’ ‘Part of Mirzapore. March 1813’.

f.8 ‘7.’ ‘Chunar from above. March 1813’.

f.9 ‘8.’ ‘Mosque at Joinpore. March 1813.’

f.10 ‘9.’ ‘Old Fort, Joinpore from the Bridge. March 1813’.

f.11-11v’ 10.’ ‘Bridge at Joinpore. March 1813.’

f.13 ‘11.’ ‘Part of' an Old College. Joinpore. March 1813.’

f.13-14’ 12.’ ‘View of the Soane & Hills below Rotas. April 1813.’

f.15 ‘13.’ ‘Suknia Ravine near the Ribon R. April 1813’.

f.16 ‘14.’ ‘Raja's Castle at Sabipour. April 1813.’

f.17 ‘15.’ ‘Sullea Pass on the Borders of Singoowla. May 1813’.

f.18 ‘16.’ ‘Sullea Pass on the westn Borders of Singoowla. May 1813.’

f.19 Two villagers in a boat.

f.20 Unfinished sketch of Fakir. ‘Fuquir at - Jany. 1813’; and sketch of tomb. ‘Jany. 1811.’

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003287852
040-003287856

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SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873) : SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873) Smith was in India from 1805 to 1830, in the Bengal Engineers; Lieut. 1807, serving as…

WD310 : Sketchbook of 18 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the U.P. 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)

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Hierarchy:

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Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873)

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1813

End Date:

1813

Date Range:

1813

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: pencil

Finding Aids:

Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 319-320

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Smith, Robert, 1787-1873

Subjects:

Architecture
Forts
Houses
Mosques
topographical views

Places:

Kanpur, Mirzapur, Chunar, Uttar Pradesh, India, Jaunpur, Cawnpore